Hi guys,
I am new to the forum and also new to the whole aquarium/fish business. Recently I bought a 55 gal. tank along with a canister filter, gravels, pumps, and decors. After i set everything up i filled the tank with water and i was very happy with the way my first aquarium look. I went out and, without doing any kind of research, bought small 4 kois and 10 gouppies because i thought they look cool. After i put the fish in the tank my aquarium become alive and everything is perfect untill strange things started to appear...
A day after i bought the fish the water start get cloudy and i got worry so i decided to ask around and do some research, which i should have done before i bought the fish. It turns out this is call a "cycle" that every new tank must go through. I was at ease after finding out that it is normal so i sit back and wait. Two days after i bought the fish the gouppies are fine but the kois started to look sick, their tails and fins are beggining to rot away. Now i got worry again so i went to petsmart and ask them if there is a medication for tail and fin rot. They gave me T.C Tetracycline, an anti-bacterial fish medication. According to the medicine's direction i have to remove the activate carbon from the canister filter or it wont work so i did just that. Four doses is required for a full course treatment and i am halfway there but now my water is toxic green, still cloudy, and the fish dont look like they are improving...
My question now is, should i continue with the treament? or take the kois out and restart the whole cycle all over by adding new water and activate carbon? I also forgot to mention that the medication require me to change 25% of the water twice during the full course of the treatment.
I am new to the forum and also new to the whole aquarium/fish business. Recently I bought a 55 gal. tank along with a canister filter, gravels, pumps, and decors. After i set everything up i filled the tank with water and i was very happy with the way my first aquarium look. I went out and, without doing any kind of research, bought small 4 kois and 10 gouppies because i thought they look cool. After i put the fish in the tank my aquarium become alive and everything is perfect untill strange things started to appear...
A day after i bought the fish the water start get cloudy and i got worry so i decided to ask around and do some research, which i should have done before i bought the fish. It turns out this is call a "cycle" that every new tank must go through. I was at ease after finding out that it is normal so i sit back and wait. Two days after i bought the fish the gouppies are fine but the kois started to look sick, their tails and fins are beggining to rot away. Now i got worry again so i went to petsmart and ask them if there is a medication for tail and fin rot. They gave me T.C Tetracycline, an anti-bacterial fish medication. According to the medicine's direction i have to remove the activate carbon from the canister filter or it wont work so i did just that. Four doses is required for a full course treatment and i am halfway there but now my water is toxic green, still cloudy, and the fish dont look like they are improving...
My question now is, should i continue with the treament? or take the kois out and restart the whole cycle all over by adding new water and activate carbon? I also forgot to mention that the medication require me to change 25% of the water twice during the full course of the treatment.
